The Cretaceous is a special episode in the history of the Earth named for a unique rock type,
chalk. Chalk is similar to modern deep-sea calcareous ooze and its deposition in …

1 OCEANOGRAPHY OF THE NORTHWEST ATLANTIC CONTINENTAL SHELF (1,W) School
of Marine Sciences, University of Maine Institute of Mar Page 1 Chapter 5 in: Robinson, AR …

Although the continental shelf and slope south of New England have been the subject of
recent studies that address decadal-scale warming and interannual variability of water mass …

Onshore intrusions of offshore waters onto the Mid‐Atlantic Bight shelf can greatly affect
shelf circulation, biogeochemistry, and fisheries. Previous studies have concentrated on …

We present observational evidence that a significant regime change occurred around the
year 2000 in the formation of Warm Core Rings (WCRs) from the Gulf Stream (GS) between …

Engaging ocean users, including fishing fleets, in oceanographic and ecological research is
a valuable method for collecting high-quality data, improving cost efficiency, and increasing …

Sea surface temperature imagery, satellite altimetry and a surface drifter track reveal an
unusual tilt in the Gulf Stream path that brought the Gulf Stream to 39.9° N near the Middle …

Expendable bathythermographs (XBTs) have been launched along a repeat track from New
Jersey to Bermuda from the CMV Oleander through the NOAA/NEFSC Ship of Opportunity …

Marine Heatwaves (MHWs) are ocean extreme events, characterized by anomalously high
temperatures, which can have significant ecological impacts. The Northeast US continental …

Satellite and hydrographic observations of oceanographic conditions in the northwestern
Gulf of Alaska indicate that anticyclonic eddies propagating adjacent to the continental shelf …